Author: Alexander Kure
Date: 03:26:41 08/30/00
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On August 30, 2000 at 00:26:52, Tim Mirabile wrote: >On August 29, 2000 at 23:24:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>In looking at the game more carefully, I now believe that Fritz did this out >>of desparateness, rather than as a brilliant attacking move. It saw this as >>the best way to lose a pawn, which seemed to be going down the drain... I >>never like piece for pawn sacrifices against a computer, however. They are >>_very_ dangerous as the attack _must_ not fail. > >Searching through my database for a similar game, I was surprised to find one of >my own games as the closest match! Perhaps I tried very hard to forget this >game. :) > >Of course, playing over the game brings back memories, and I am quite sure a >move like 19...h4 never occurred to me. :) > >[Event "World Open"] >[Site "Philadelphia, PA, USA"] >[Date "1996.07.04"] >[Round "9"] >[White "Zaremba, Andrei"] >[Black "Mirabile, Tim"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "B99"] >[PlyCount "89"] > >1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 >Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. >gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Bxa6 e5 >22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rb6 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. Rg7 Kf8 26. Rdg1 Qd8 27. Bc4 Rb7 28. >Qd5 Qxf6 29. Qxb7 Bxg7 30. Qc8+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Kf8 32. b5 e4 33. c3 e3 34. Ka2 >Kg8 35. b6 Kh7 36. b7 d5 37. Bd3 e2 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Qxb8 e1=Q 40. Rxe1 Qxc3 >41. Rd1 Bf6 42. Qb4 Qe5 43. Qd2 Qb8 44. Rb1 Qe5 45. Qe2 1-0 Hi Tim, I analysed this variation at the beginning of the 90's. In your game after 19...Na4 20.Nxa4 bxa4 21.Bxa6 instead of 21...e5? there is the strong move 21...Qa5! which attacks the Bishop a6 due to the pinned b4 pawn. When the bishop retreats there comes 22...Qe5 where the black queen has a powerful outpost and there are some sacrifical ideas on b4. Greetings Alex
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